An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 142
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 142
_Baillie._
3. Easily, so as not to hurt or gall, S.
_Rutherford._
4. Gently, applied to a horse obeying the rein, S.
_Waverley._
~Canniness~, s.
1. Caution, forbearance, moderation in conduct, S.
_Baillie._
2. Crafty management.
_Baillie._
CANOIS, CANOS, CANOUS, adj. Gray, h.o.a.ry. Lat. _can-us_.
_Douglas._
_To_ CANT, _v. n._ To sing in speaking, to repeat after the manner of recitation, S.
Lat. _cant-are_, to sing.
_To_ CANT, _v. a._ To set a stone on its edge, a term used in masonry, S.
Germ. _kant-en_, id.
_To_ CANT, _v. n._ To ride at a hand-gallop, S. B. _Canter_, S.
CANT, _adj._ Lively, merry, brisk.
_Barbour._
~Canty~, _adj._ Lively, cheerful; applied both to persons and to things, S.
_Burns._
Ir. _cainteach_, talkative, prattling; Su. G. _gant-a_, ludificare.
CANTEL, CANTIL, _s._ A fragment.
_Sir Egeir._
Teut. _kanteel_, pinna, mina, Fr. _chantel_, a piece broken off from the corner or edge of a thing.
CANTEL, _s._ The crown of the head, Loth. Teut _kanteel_, a battlement.
CANTEL, _s._ A juggling trick.
_Houlate._
L. B. _cantell-ator_, praestigiator, magus.
~Cantelein~, _s._ Properly an incantation, used to denote a trick.
_Lyndsay._
Lat. _cantilen-a_, a song.
CANTRAIP, CANTRAP, _s._
1. A charm, a spell, an incantation, S.
_Ramsay._
2. A trick, a piece of mischief artfully or adroitly performed, S.
_Waverley._
Isl. _gan_, _gand_, witchcraft, or _kiaen_, applied to magical arts, and _trapp_, calcatio.
_To_ CAP, _v. n._ To uncover the head, in token of obeisance; q. to take off ones cap.
_Baillie._
_To_ CAP, _v. a._ To excel, Loth.
Teut. _kappe_, the summit.
CAP, _s._ A wooden bowl for containing meat or drink, S.
_Ramsay._